It’s probably a good thing Bacaro LA isn’t in my neighborhood, as I would probably spend all my free time there. Even as it is, I hope to be back more frequently. Tucked into a corner of the West Adams neighborhood, not far from the 10/110 intersection, Bacaro is a hidden jewel in a neighborhood [...]
It’s not often that I have occasion to write to this blog mid-week. But a lunchtime visit today to Blue Velvet provided just such an inspiration.
Pay close attention to the outside, and you might see that the restaurant and associated apartment complex were actually a Holiday Inn in a past life. But they’ve done a [...]
Just across the Los Angeles County line lies the city of Fullerton. Today a suburb of Los Angeles, it has a rich history and still retains some small-town charm.
One of my favorite stories about Fullerton regards how it came by its name. Back in 1886, brothers George and Edward Amerige heard the railroad was coming [...]
When I was in Culver City a few weeks back, I noticed a new addition to the Helms Bakery complex and vowed to come back and properly visit it. That addition would be the Father’s Office, a spin-off location of an apparently popular bar/restaurant in Santa Monica. My determination became even stronger when I read [...]
Amazing. One-of-a-kind. Incredible. Words don’t really describe the experience I had yesterday touring the Sheats-Goldstein house in Beverly Hills. I had decided to sign up for the tour several weeks ago after visiting a John Lautner exhibit at the Hammer. Now I’m so glad that I did.
L & I showed up at the Hammer just [...]
Since today involved a fair bit of travel around the city, it’s a good opportunity to highlight a Blackberry GPS service I’ve been playing with. The Blackberry sends location information to Instamapper, which plots it on a nifty little map.
Here’s a track for today’s travel: starting down in Orange County and coming up the 101 [...]
